All things you need to know about living in Lignano Sabbiadoro
Lignano Sabbiadoro, in the province of Udine, is home to 36 Austrians: 0.52% of its 6,888 residents.
That is the 20th-highest concentration of Austrians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Friuli-Venezia Giulia it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 869 residents with a foreign citizenship in Lignano Sabbiadoro, 12.62% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Austrians (36), Germans (26), Russians (13).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Udine scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old) and nonprofit organizations.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.0°C (82°F) and winters a low of 2.7°C (37°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Lignano Sabbiadoro sees about 13 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,398mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 118 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Lignano Sabbiadoro at about €3,181 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Lignano Sabbiadoro population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 206 | 2.99% |
| Albania | 151 | 2.19% |
| Ukraine | 57 | 0.83% |
| Austria | 36 | 0.52% |
| Germany | 26 | 0.38% |
| Hungary | 20 | 0.29% |
| Russia | 13 | 0.19% |
| Slovakia | 13 | 0.19% |
| Croatia | 12 | 0.17% |
| Poland | 11 | 0.16% |
| Czechia | 9 | 0.13% |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 5 | 0.07% |
| France | 4 | 0.06% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.04% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.04% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 5,523 | 80.18% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 488 | 7.08% |
| Born outside the EU | 877 | 12.73% |
Austrians over time
Quality of life in Udine
Full BES profile for Udine →Udine on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Lignano Sabbiadoro is far above the Udine average of €1,018/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
15.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €2,775/m², against €3,181 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same per square meter — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Lignano Sabbiadoro is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: PO Latisana e Palmanova sede Latisana, about 18.9 km / 21 minutes by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: PO Latisana e Palmanova sede Latisana (Pronto Soccorso), about 18.9 km / 21 minutes by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale di Portogruaro (DEA level I), about 34.2 km / 32 minutes by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest airport: Trieste Airport (TRS), about 65 km / 45 minutes by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Ridolfo Alimentari, about 0.5 km / 1 minute by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Sabbiadoro S.R.L., about 0.4 km / 1 minute by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Latisana - Lignano - Bibione, about 20.1 km / 21 minutes by road from Lignano Sabbiadoro (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Lignano Sabbiadoro, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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